The Penn's Grove record., 1887-08-20

&C. w. O'Neill, ID. Holman and
! John Hackett left Thompsons Falls.
Montana, on the 18th, for CGur
d'Alene, travelling on horseback.
O'Neill and Holman each had about
$1,000, and Hackett about $57. When
two miles from town they were stopped
by masked hIghwaymen, and O'Neill
and Hackett were robbed. Holman
put spurs to his horse and escaped.
John Miller, a saloon keeper. in
Evansville, Indiana, shot and killed
Albert Smith on TIE evening Of the
l4th. Miller was cut On the face,
arms and thigh with a knife by Smith.
The dispute was about a drink.
John j. Reilly, % years old, fore
man for Rathbun, Sard u Co, stove
founders in Albany, New York, dIsap-
peared on the morning OF the 18th. and
on the 10th, his body vas found In an
oven for baking ladies. 1t is supposed
he went in there to sleep. Fire was
started on the 18th, and the door Of the
oven was then locked, his presence not
being noticed.
"A despatch from Pana, Illinois,
says a heavy rain and hail storm passed
over that section, on the evening of the
l4th, doing much damage to the orr
and apple crops. Trees were uproOted
and the roofs of many buildings were
hurled into the air.
Ten large ice houses and six
freight cars were burned at Burtis
Bay, on Chautauqua Lake, on the
10th, causing a loss of $4,000. The
ice houses were owned by Colonel G..
S. Barrett, of Cleveland. The ice was
the property or the Chautauqua Lake
Ice Company, of Pittsburg. The In
surance amounts to SIT, 900. The
upper building of the New York Belt
irg and Packing Company, at Sandy
Hook, was burned on the morning of
the 10th. The loss is over $50 900,
principally on machinery. A despatch
from Des Moines, Iowa, says tho east
ern part of Pottawottomie county was
visited by a fire on the evening of the
14th that destroyed thirteen buildings,
including the Rock Island Depot, three
grain elevators, a barn and shops and
dwellings. The loss Is estimated at
$50, 600. A fire in Hinton, West Vir-
giDia, on the 18th, destroyed almost a
whole square OF buildings, mostly
small dwellings. The loss is placed at
$j0,0 900.
The State Railroad and Ware
house Commission is in session i'll Pc
oria, Illinois, investigating the recent
railroad disaster at Chatsworth. The
Coroner Is also taking testimony. The
General Solicitor and Attorney for the
Railroad Company said on the evening
of the 10Th that the evidence before the
Commission on the 10th fixed the
blame on Timothy Coughlan, the sec.
ton boss, who, ''in the face of his in
structions, set fire neal the burned
bridge. and then did not look after it."
John Miller and Henry Streub, of
Henrietta, attempted to cross the Erie
Railroad track, near Red Greek, on the
18th, and were struck by the New
Y,~Nrif.-pSpresa nd instantly killed.
Anna Unnliaon, a little girl who was
in the carriage with them, was Sc
verely hurt, AS George Bartlett and
wife were driving to Van Vert, Ohio,
on the evening of the 10Th, the horses
ran away. Mrs. Bartlett was thrown
from the wagon and instantly killed,
and MIR. Bartlett received fatal injuries.
"A messenger who arrived al Raw.
Inns, Wyoming, on the 10th, from
White River, Colorado, reported that
about $50 Ute Indians, under ColoTow,
we're fighting at Beaver creek, ID miles
from Meeker. There was also Il report
that a fight had occurred between
Sheriff Kendall's posse and the Utes,
and that four of the latter were
wounded. Up to a late hour on tue af-
ternoon of the 10th, the War Depart
ment, at Washington, had received no
official advices OF the reported outbreak
of the Utesl and 1t was believed that
the reports were very much exaggera-
ted,
The race for the Citizens Cup was
sailed on the 10th, by the New York
Yacht Club squadron. The start was
from Newport, Rhode Island, and the
race was over the Sow and Pigs course.
The Volunteer was again the winner.
The Grand Lodge knights of
Pythias of Pennsylvania convened In
Williamsport, Penna., on the 10th, In
annual session. The following officers
were reported elected: Grand Chancel-
Ior, John II. Cotton, of Philadelphia;
Grand Vice Chancellor. Thomas Perry, !
OF Mercer county; Grand Prelate,
Samuel billiard, of Philadelphia; Grand
Master at Arms, Luther Bishop, of
Warren; Grand Keeper of Records and
Seal, George w. Hawkes., of Phlladei-
phla; Grand Master of E~xchequer,
julius Mountney, of Philadelphia;
Grand Trustee, WIN. Z. Hart, of Phil
adelphia; Representative to supreme
Lodge for four years. George w.
Hawkes., of Philadelphia.
Richard Seaman Scott, who alb
seconded i'll 1885 with $780, 900 belong.
ing to the Manhatten National Bank,
New York, In which he was employed.
has made a confession before Consul
General Waller, at London, in which
he duplicates John IL. Dunn, a New
York stock broker, as his colleague III
the defalcation. Suit has been brought
Dunn in the Supreme Court to
recover SAC, 600. In the complaint 1t
is charged that Dunn induced Scott to
steal and got the money from him.
Dunn is confined in Ludlow street jail,
There is an indictment against Scott,
but he csnnou be extradited.
THE MARA EES